Donegal have accepted that Dublin are within their rights under the current rules to play two Super Eights games in Croke Park.

However there will be a discussion at Central Council level about possible changes to the championship at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage in 2019.

Donegal have won the concession from GAA bosses that a review of the new championship structures will be held by Central Council later in the year, with observations to be submitted by all participating counties.

Tir Chonaill chiefs met with the GAA at Croke Park earlier today having demanded an explanation as to why the reigning All-Ireland champions were permitted to play two of their three fixtures at the quarter-final stage at Headquarters.

All eight counties involved are to have one match at home, one match away and one at a neutral venue.

Croke Park is regarded as a neutral venue for Dublin, but they have played the vast majority of their championship games there going back 15 years.

Dublin will play two of their Super 8s games at Croke Park (Image: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo)

The first round of fixtures involving the four provincial winners - Dublin v Donegal and Galway v Kerry - will take place on the weekend of July 14 and 15 in Croke Park.

A joint statement was released by the GAA and the Donegal county board this afternoon.

The statement read: "The GAA has confirmed that a meeting between senior officials and members of the Donegal county committee took place in Croke Park earlier today.

"It was accepted as part of these discussions, that the rules in relation to the new All-Ireland SFC quarter final round robin system had been democratically adopted at Congress 2017 and that these provided for all Round 1 games to be played at Croke Park and each county to subsequently have one home and one away game.

"While Donegal challenged how any team could nominate Croke Park as their home venue, it was acknowledged that there was nothing in the rules to prohibit this.

"Donegal also requested in light of the issues they highlighted, that a review of the first year of the new championship structures be held by Central Council later in the year and that all counties be invited to submit their observations in this context.

"It was agreed that the issues highlighted by Donegal would be considered as part of this process and that if Central Council collectively felt that non-structural changes to aspects of the Championship were required, that these could be put to Annual Congress in 2019 for consideration".

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